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1 preposition from a certain timeó prep he's here since yesterday tá sé anseo ó innéevery year since 1999 gach bliain ó 1999 ar aghaidh, gach bliain ó bhí 1999 annshe hasn't returned since falling níor fhill sí ó thit sísince the first time I met him ón gcéad uair a chas mé leisit's five years since the accident tá sé cúig bliana anois ó tharla an taismesince Christmas ó bhí an Nollaig annsince then ó shin i leith, ó shin amachsince when did they listen to us? cathain a thosaigh siad ag éisteacht linne?, cén seans go n-éistfidh siad linne?since when has that bothered you? cén uair a thosaigh sé sin ag déanamh tinnis duit? 2 conjunction from a certain timeó prep I haven't done that since I was a child ní dhearna mé é sin ó bhí mé i mo pháisteit's two months since she was appointed tá sé dhá mhí ó ceapadh íit isn't the same since they left níl sé mar an gcéanna ó d'imigh siadsince she first met him ón gcéad uair a bhuail sí leishe's been like that since he was very young tá sé mar sin ó bhí sé an-ógShow full entry
3 conjunction because, given tható prep ó tharla go ós rud é go I went since I'm her friend chuaigh mise ó tharla gur mé a cara, chuaigh mise ós mé a carasince they know, there's no point hiding it ó tá a fhios acusan, ní fiú é a cheilt; ós rud é go bhfuil a fhios acusan, ní fiú é a cheiltsince he did nothing he gets nothing ar an ábhar nach ndearna sé dada ní bhfaighidh sé dadago on then, since you're that clever! seo leat más ea, ós rud é go bhfuil tú chomh cliste sin!; ar aghaidh leat mar sin, má tá tú chomh cliste sin!since you're here ó tharla tú a bheith anseo 4 adverb in the intervening timeó shin ó shin i leith she hasn't been right since níl sí i gceart ó shinthe city has since been attacked twice ionsaíodh an chathair faoi dhó ó shin 5 adverb before nowó shin railings have since been added tá ráillí curtha leis ó shinI've seen nothing since níl faic feicthe agam ó shinthey're long since gone home tá siad imithe abhaile le fada, tá siad imithe abhaile i bhfad ó shinthe village is long since deserted tá an baile tréigthe le fada an lá 6 adverb agoó shin a few days since roinnt laethanta ó shinit hadn't long since ended ní raibh sé críochnaithe rófhada'How long since?' 'Years ago.' 'Cá fhad ó shin?' 'Na blianta.'